ICQ Protocol Discussion

**Joe @ Whale** · 24 Mar 2005, 3:01 PM

Hi,
the Alpha 10 is finally out and it supports uploading of your own avatar image. It also contains many other fixes.

Any problems and/or comments appreciated.

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http://jokusoftware.cz/miranda/

**Great-er** · 24 Mar 2005, 3:46 PM

I don't really want to say it: i can't my avatar to work. the avatar support is working like a treat, but i can't upload my own...

Loads of fixes, thou, thanks.

P.S.: What's currently top of your todo list? ;-)

**Joe @ Whale** · 24 Mar 2005, 4:01 PM

Originally Posted by Great-er

I don't really want to say it: i can't my avatar to work. the avatar support is working like a treat, but i can't upload my own...

Loads of fixes, thou, thanks.

P.S.: What's currently top of your todo list? ;-)

Hmm, badly...
On top of ICQJ todo list is: avatars, fixing as much bugs as I can before the final MIM release :)

**Vampik** · 24 Mar 2005, 4:59 PM

Originally Posted by Joe @ Whale

Hi,
the Alpha 10 is finally out and it supports uploading of your own avatar image. It also contains many other fixes.

Any problems and/or comments appreciated.

I've browsed the CVS repository looking for the changes, there are only 4 latest changes in ICQJ I found - When adding contact with visibility, group was not set properly, Correctly close connection to login server, Made HTTP gateway mode optional for HTTP proxy, If an offline message is received with older time than any other event in user history, current time will be applied. But there is nothing about avatar uploading support. And I also can't upload my own.

**Joe @ Whale** · 24 Mar 2005, 5:15 PM

Originally Posted by Vampik

I've browsed the CVS repository looking for the changes, there are only 4 latest changes in ICQJ I found - When adding contact with visibility, group was not set properly, Correctly close connection to login server, Made HTTP gateway mode optional for HTTP proxy, If an offline message is received with older time than any other event in user history, current time will be applied. But there is nothing about avatar uploading support. And I also can't upload my own.

This is because they were commited about two hours ago and the web cvs you were most probably browsing is a bit late (6 hours if I remember it correctly).

**Vampik** · 24 Mar 2005, 5:28 PM

Yes, right now I found the repository updated. But the avatar uploading is not working. I tried different JPG files with different size (including 52x64) using two Mirandas launched on my computer.

**Elex** · 24 Mar 2005, 5:33 PM

Congratulations!! You finally made it!! Normal ICQ Avatars have the Format 13:16 but the miranda Avatars have the format 1:1! Will this be changed??

**Vampik** · 24 Mar 2005, 6:46 PM

It's very strange and buggy. I was not able to set an avatar. Then I created a new profile and disabled all the plugins except clist_mw, icq and srmm. And the avatar was set successfully!! But it was not showing for ME in the Personal Detail -> Avatar tab after closing and reopening it. Then I switched to the main profile and became able to set avatars from it. In the main profile the avatar image in Personal Detail -> Avatar tab is not disappearing when reopening this dialog. There's issue about showing of the avatars - avatars are not linked to mToolTip through time (file is present but no "ContactPhoto" entry). For example, there is a downloaded avatar linked to mToolTip. The user changes his avatar --> I see the updated avatar in the userinfo -> avatar tab --> but the "ContactPhoto" entry for this contact disappears --> the user changes his avatar again --> I see the updated avatar in the userinfo -> avatar tab --> the "ContactPhoto" entry appears appears again --> the user changes his avatar once again --> I see the updated avatar in the userinfo -> avatar tab --> but the "ContactPhoto" entry for this contact disappears again!

**Joe @ Whale** · 24 Mar 2005, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by Elex

Congratulations!! You finally made it!! Normal ICQ Avatars have the Format 13:16 but the miranda Avatars have the format 1:1! Will this be changed??

Hi, ICQJ currently does not do any conversion on the avatar image, so if you create 13:16 one or 1:1 is entirely on you.

**Vampik** · 24 Mar 2005, 6:58 PM

The "ContactPhoto" entry also appears/disappears if the user reconnects. And I have a request - could you make path to the own avatar stored as relative?